The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
PAUL SIMONThere are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
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After all those years of automatic success, you don’t get nervous any more. It’s really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I’m sailing right behind.
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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.
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I don’t know what I’m going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can’t see around the bend and you don’t know where you are going to go, which is fun.
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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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